2014 Japanese Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 15 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One season | |||
Suzuka Circuit
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| Date | 5 October 2014 | ||
| Official name | 2014 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.807 km (3.608 mi) | ||
| Distance | 44 laps, 255.508 km (158.752 mi) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 53 laps, 307.771 km (191.224 mi) | ||
| Weather | Air: 20 °C (68 °F) Track: 24 °C (75 °F) | ||
| Attendance | 142,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:32.506 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:51.600 on lap 39 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||
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The 2014 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 5 October at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie. It was the fifteenth round of the 2014 Formula One season and the 30th Japanese Grand Prix held as part of the Formula One World Championship. The 44-lap race was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who started from second position. His teammate, Nico Rosberg, finished second and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel came in third. It was Hamilton's eighth victory of the season, his first at Suzuka and the 30th of his Formula One career.
Heavy rain from Typhoon Phanfone made the track surface wet and reduced visibility. Starting from behind the safety car, the race was stopped after two laps and resumed 20 minutes later. Rosberg immediately fended off a passing manoeuvre by Hamilton heading into the first corner. His car then experienced oversteer, and Hamilton reduced the time deficit between them. Hamilton challenged Rosberg for the lead over the next four laps, overtook him on the 29th lap and pulled away. Jules Bianchi made contact with the rear of a tractor crane at Dunlop Curve on the 43rd lap that was tending to Adrian Sutil's car (which had crashed one lap earlier) and the event was prematurely ended three laps later. The race result was counted back two laps, and Hamilton was declared the winner.
Bianchi was transported to hospital with severe head injuries, and was moved to his native France in November. He remained there until his death on 17 July 2015, when he was mourned by the motor sport community. Bianchi's accident prompted Formula One's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), to investigate the incident with a ten-person panel in which it was determined there was no single cause that prompted the crash. The victory allowed Hamilton to increase his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to ten points over Rosberg, who was 63 points in front of Daniel Ricciardo. Mercedes extended their advantage over Red Bull in the Constructors' Championship, and Williams remained ahead of Ferrari in the battle for third place with four races left in the season.
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